- Date
- March 29, 1998, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hampton, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1846APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980329019719A
- Case key
- 3981
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a full stop landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane made what an airport official described as a normal touchdown. During the landing rollout, the airplane veered left, went off the side of the runway, and collapsed the main landing gear. Examination of the airplane at the accident site failed to disclose a pre-existing failure of the main landing gear assembly.
Factual narrative
On March 29, 1998, at 1800 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-22, N1846A, main landing gear collapsed during a landing roll on runway 24 at Clayton County Tara Field in Hampton, Georgia. The personal flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. According to an airport official, visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. An examination of the airplane disclosed that the airframe sustained substantial structural damage. The airport official also reported that the private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The flight's exact departure time from Berry Hill Airport in Stockbridge, Georgia, was not determined
According to the airport official, the airplane made what he described as a normal touchdown. During the landing rollout, the airplane veered left and went off the side of the runway. Examination of the airplane at the accident site failed to disclose a pre-existing failure of the main landing gear assembly.
The damaged airplane was discovered at the airport by a Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector during a routine visit several days after the accident. The pilot/owner of the airplane never reported the accident nor has he responded to telephonic and written requests for additional information.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1846A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1088
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Osborne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4A0 · Stockbridge, GA
- Airport
- 4A7 · Tara Field, runway 24, 4,503 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 220 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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